Definition of Glaucoma. Meaning of Glaucoma. Synonyms of Glaucoma

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Definition of Glaucoma

Glaucoma
Glaucoma Glau*co"ma, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? light gray, blue gray.] (Med.) Dimness or abolition of sight, with a diminution of transparency, a bluish or greenish tinge of the refracting media of the eye, and a hard inelastic condition of the eyeball, with marked increase of tension within the eyeball.

Meaning of Glaucoma from wikipedia

- Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that lead to damage of the optic nerve, which transmits visual information from the eye to the brain. Glaucoma may...
- Primary juvenile glaucoma is a subtype of primary congenital glaucoma that develops due to ocular hypertension and is diagnosed between three years of...
- Phacolytic glaucoma (PG) is a form of glaucoma which is caused due to a leaking mature or immature cataract. Inflammatory glaucoma which occurs in phacolysis...
- A glaucoma valve is a medical shunt used in the treatment of glaucoma to reduce the eye's intraocular pressure (IOP). The device works by byp****ing the...
- turn, a buildup of pressure leading to glaucoma and loss of vision (pseudoexfoliation glaucoma, exfoliation glaucoma). As worldwide po****tions become older...
- (intraocular pressure). This includes ocular hypertension and open-angle glaucoma. Latanaprost is applied as eye drops to the eyes. Onset of effects is usually...
- syndrome (PDS) is an eye disorder that can lead to a form of glaucoma known as pigmentary glaucoma. It takes place when pigment cells slough off from the back...
- Secondary glaucoma is a collection of progressive optic nerve disorders ****ociated with a rise in intraocular pressure (IOP) which results in the loss...
- of angiopoietin 1 and angiopoietin 2. This causes buphthalmos and glaucoma. Glaucoma may be related to drainage of aqueous humor from the eye. This is...
- Canine glaucoma refers to a group of diseases in dogs that affect the optic nerve and involve a loss of retinal ganglion cells in a characteristic pattern...